The Ifremer's missions can be synthetised along the following objectives:
Ensure better knowledge, assessment, value enhancement and streamlining in the exploitation of marine resources
Improve knowledge and means to protect and restore the marine environment
Enhance the socio-economic development of the maritime world
Provide assistance to the government, public authorities and organisations concerned with scientific, technical or economic research
Create and manage facilities of national interest (fleet)
Gather, disseminate and enhance national and international oceanographic information
Contribute to implementing of agreements and conventions for international cooperation in the marine field
The Fields of activity of the laboratory include:
coastal environment management
marine living resource management
ocean research
engineering and marine technology
managing ocean research vessels and tools for
underwater intervention
The "Ocean Research Division (DRO)" contributes through its research programs to understanding ocean circulation, which plays a major role in relations between the ocean and the climate, as well as to knowledge and exploration of the ocean floor.
